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Ho comprato diverse ciprie e vari fard.

Ho comprato diverse ciprie e vari fard.
I bought several face powders and various blushes.
From Lesson 295:Plural indefinite quantities (parecchi, diversi, vari)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ho comprato diverse ciprie e vari fard.

Why is diverse placed before ciprie instead of after it?
Position changes the meaning of this word! When placed before the noun, diverse (and its masculine form diversi) is an indefinite adjective meaning "several" or "various". If placed after the noun (ciprie diverse), it becomes a descriptive adjective meaning "different".
Why doesn't the word fard change its ending in the plural?
Fard (meaning blush) is a foreign loanword ending in a consonant. In Italian, these foreign words usually keep their exact same form in the plural. We only know it is plural here because the adjective describing it, vari, is in the masculine plural form.
Are diverse and vari acting as adjectives or pronouns in this sentence?
They are adjectives here because they are placed directly next to the nouns they modify (ciprie and fard). If you completely dropped the nouns to just say "I bought several" (ne ho comprati diversi), then they would be acting as pronouns.
Could the speaker have used parecchi fard instead of vari fard?
Yes, absolutely. When placed before a plural noun, parecchi, diversi, and vari are mostly interchangeable ways to say "several" or "quite a few". The speaker likely used diverse for the first item and vari for the second just to avoid repeating the exact same word.

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